rare–0. [ad. Gr. κληρονομία inheritance, f. κληρονόμος inheritor, f. κλῆρος lot, portion + -νομος, f. νέμειν to dispense, share.] Inheritance, heritage.
[1650. Hobbes, De Corp. Pol., 34. That call inheritance by the Name of Kleronomia, which signifieth Distribution by Lot.]
1730–6. Bailey (folio), Cleronomy, an heritage.
1775. in Ash; and in mod. Dicts.
